Earthquake Engineering
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Earthquake Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Earthquake Engineering (subject code 3160621) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 6 divides the course into 5 units, covering 32 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3160621)Unit 1 Earthquake Basics
- Interior of Earth
- plate tectonics
- consequences of earthquake
- Basic parameters of earthquake
- seismic waves
- magnitude & intensity
- Seismic zones of India
- damages caused during past earthquakes (worldwide)
Unit 2 Fundamentals of Earthquake Vibrations of buildings
- Static load v/s Dynamic load
- simplified single degree of freedom system
- mathematical modelling of buildings
- natural frequency
- resonance v/s increased response
- responses of buildings to different types of vibrations like free and forced
- damped and un-damped vibration
- response of building to earthquake ground motion
- Response to multi degree (maximum three) of freedom systems up to mode shapes
Unit 3 Design Philosophy
- Philosophy of earthquake resistant design
- earthquake proof v/s earthquake resistant design
- four virtues of earthquake resistant structures (strength
- ductility and configuration)
- seismic structural configuration
- Introduction to IS: 1893-1 (2016)
- IS: 875 (Part V)
- Seismic load: Seismic Coefficient Method – base shear and its distribution along height
- Introduction to Response spectrum
- IS code provisions
Unit 4 Lateral Loads on Buildings
- Lateral Load Distribution (SDOF): Rigid diaphragm effect
- centres of mass and stiffness
- torsionally coupled and uncoupled system
- Lateral Load Analysis: Analysis of frames using approximate methods like portal & cantilever methods
Unit 5 Ductile Detailing
- Concepts of Ductile Design & Detailing of various structural components as per IS Subject Code: 3160621 w.e.f
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